COULD in Spanish: PUDE, PODÍA, PODRÍA - No More Mistakes

Todays Spanish lesson focusses on the often confusing ways there are to say COULS in Spanish. Is it Podía, pude or podría? Avoid the pitfalls and mistakes with this easy to follow video.
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  • @ivanivke
    @ivanivke Жыл бұрын

    Probably the most systematic explanations of the nuances in the Spanish language we have on KZread today. Excellent lesson! 23 minutes flew by…👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @iamwinningrightnow
    @iamwinningrightnow4 жыл бұрын

    Your explanations are always easily understood. This was great.

  • @philburpalooza8

    @philburpalooza8

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @chrisjustus5446
    @chrisjustus54463 жыл бұрын

    FOR MYSELF YOURS HAS BEEN THE MOST HELPFUL SPANISH LANGUAGE KZread YET. MUCHAS GRACIAS. THANK YOU. DANKON.

  • @skindiver2
    @skindiver24 жыл бұрын

    that was a very good and valuable lesson-I thought one of the best to date-cheers from Australia

  • @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish
    @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish Жыл бұрын

    Me sentí feliz de escuchar este vídeo y tu pronunciación tan clara.🎯 Pude verlo de nuevo para repasar algunos puntos. I COULD / I WAS ABLE TO = pude / podía / sabía I WOULD BE ABLE TO = podría. De niña, no podía hablar nada de español, pero ahora puedo decir algo.😀 Gracias por tu gran trabajo ProSpanish.👍 ¡Siempre puedo contar contigo! Unos ejemplos para practicar la gramática nueva para mi: SABÍA + infinitivo = I knew how to .../ I could 1. A los seis años, sabía montar en bicicleta.🚴‍♀️ 2. De niña, no sabía tocar el piano y todavía no sé como hacerlo. 3. PODRÍA = I would be able to / could (future.) No puedo ayudarte con tu inglés hoy porque estudio español. Pero, podría hacerlo mañana por la tarde si quieres.😀

  • @btwithamy585
    @btwithamy5853 жыл бұрын

    After a long journey, te encontré.... muchas gracias👍

  • @philhodgson6453
    @philhodgson64534 жыл бұрын

    Another excellent lesson, with very clear explanations. Gracias por esta lección, fue excellente.

  • @RebeccaJedward
    @RebeccaJedward4 жыл бұрын

    Because of you I feel more confident for my Spanish oral exam! Thank you so much!

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good luck!!

  • @RebeccaJedward

    @RebeccaJedward

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish Thank you!! Your videos are very useful!

  • @RebeccaJedward

    @RebeccaJedward

    4 жыл бұрын

    I passed my oral exam:)

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RebeccaJedward Fenomenal!!

  • @HarryGardner1
    @HarryGardner13 жыл бұрын

    Great Lesson, trying to understand could in Spanish form has been a real head-scratcher for me, but this video has well and truly hit the nail on the head, well done!

  • @almor2445
    @almor24454 жыл бұрын

    Your explanations are really easy to follow, I wish I'd known about this when I was a beginner!

  • @sets51

    @sets51

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not too late, Alex. I found Martin' s teaching seven years ago, and like you, I love his tracing. I am just now coming back to learn more, hoping to become fluent in Spanish.

  • @fwcolb
    @fwcolb3 жыл бұрын

    Such a good video, enough for me to subscribe. "Could /would" in Spanish is such a friendly way to go. ¿Me traerías una botella de cerveza? Could you bring me a bottle of beer? Combines the familiar with the super polite. To get the conditional mood, all you need is the infinitive of the verb with the last syllable changing according to the actor. Even simpler is the verb poder (Podrias traerme...) plus any infinitive. Not quite correct because you are asking if the person is capable of bringing something. But it's a workaround that you can get away with if you can't remember how the conditional of a verb is formed.

  • @joywithjazzita108
    @joywithjazzita1082 жыл бұрын

    Oh god I was so confused about could and this video is beautiful so peacefully you are explaining God bless you blissful human!!! 💙💙💙💙😇😇😇😇😇💖💖💖💖💖

  • @chimanruler15
    @chimanruler153 жыл бұрын

    5:11 I know that a few people have already pointed this out to you, but since those comments were posted months ago, I figured I would state what they said for the record. It is technically possible to use "could" for preterite events in the right context. For example: "That was such an interesting English lesson! I could understand everything that the teacher said!"

  • @michelleanderson9373
    @michelleanderson93734 жыл бұрын

    This is very helpful. Thank you for this! Great lesson! 💖

  • @Sweetlittlehugs
    @Sweetlittlehugs4 жыл бұрын

    Hace 18 meses no pude hablar español. Ahora yo sé que si estudio much pondré hablar español muy bien.

  • @jeffbunton6792
    @jeffbunton67924 жыл бұрын

    Muy util, gracias.

  • @marnw2592
    @marnw25923 жыл бұрын

    Really good explanation. Everything makes so much sense and done so quickly too.

  • @SalsaChickNik
    @SalsaChickNik4 жыл бұрын

    Superb as always. Thank you.

  • @chrisjustus5446
    @chrisjustus54463 жыл бұрын

    IF I COULD NOW FIND AN ENGLISH-- ESPERANTO KZread THAT IS AS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. DANKON.

  • @winniemacariola9171
    @winniemacariola91714 жыл бұрын

    Hola there ! So simple and yet so helpful . Thank you so much More power 💪

  • @champfeilden3674
    @champfeilden36744 жыл бұрын

    Cómo siempre un lección muy útil y claro. Gracias

  • @markbrown3315
    @markbrown33154 жыл бұрын

    Muy útil como siempre! 👍😊

  • @ericbaugher
    @ericbaugher4 жыл бұрын

    This is a really great lesson about the difference between the preterite, imperfect and conditional tense, if I recognize these correctly, all done in the first person singular. The best thing about it is you will not need to understand any of the confusing grammatical jibberish in the paragraph above, or have to look at a bunch of confusing "ar" and "ir / er" verb charts. Just learn a few simple sentence patterns and you are in your way. Also I enjoy the fact that the instructor speaks proper English and not our American California dialect. He draws an interesting distinction between "could" and "was able to", that is less clear here in california.

  • @alwayslearning7672

    @alwayslearning7672

    4 жыл бұрын

    For me "could" run for many miles "was able to run for many miles" and "Use to be able to run for many miles" when i was young are the same. =all imperfect tense.

  • @larrynarvaez7545

    @larrynarvaez7545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Used to be able to run for many miles.

  • @hankhill2698
    @hankhill26983 жыл бұрын

    Obsessed with this channel ty folks

  • @mallorcasara1
    @mallorcasara14 жыл бұрын

    Cuando era una niña no podía oír muy bien. Tuve una operación en mis orejas y ahora puedo oír bien.

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Excelente! But oídos, not orejas. An operation on orejas would for example if they were to big or sticking out. :)

  • @larrynarvaez7545

    @larrynarvaez7545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Too big or sticking out. To, too, two.

  • @lucystevens1588
    @lucystevens15884 жыл бұрын

    Muy util. Gracias

  • @RudyTinoco
    @RudyTinoco4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent as always!!

  • @edithag.9261
    @edithag.92614 жыл бұрын

    Me gusta mucho! Es fácilmente a entenderlos.

  • @nerissathieler7780
    @nerissathieler77804 жыл бұрын

    Muchas gracias. Tu video fue muy útil.

  • @waynesgrid49
    @waynesgrid49 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent stuff. Enjoying.

  • @Mark-Randlesome-Tutor-and-Muso
    @Mark-Randlesome-Tutor-and-Muso4 жыл бұрын

    Muchos gracias de Inglaterra!!

  • @ginettemelody1035
    @ginettemelody10353 жыл бұрын

    Excellent lesson. Thank you

  • @aroucaman100
    @aroucaman1006 ай бұрын

    God bless you sir.

  • @Hocngoaingucoban.ThanhTrinh
    @Hocngoaingucoban.ThanhTrinh Жыл бұрын

    thank you, I am very grateful for your lessons.

  • @jenniferskweter
    @jenniferskweter Жыл бұрын

    Jesús, finalmente puedo entender este tema. La vdd, me llevó mucho tiempo darle sentido a esto, gracias a ti.

  • @sa4540
    @sa45404 жыл бұрын

    Great video by the way.

  • @Nicholasxie
    @Nicholasxie4 жыл бұрын

    Finamente, podría saber cómo usar “podía y podría”. Muchas gracias, profesor!

  • @larrynarvaez7545

    @larrynarvaez7545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Finalmente. 😊✌️✌️

  • @LIVEEFFECTIVELY
    @LIVEEFFECTIVELY2 жыл бұрын

    Best have ever seen, thanks for your Good work

  • @fishywishydishywoo
    @fishywishydishywoo4 жыл бұрын

    Omg I learned so much from this 1 video

  • @juleslamoureux2451
    @juleslamoureux24514 жыл бұрын

    Hola Gracias por el video me encanta mucho

  • @steve-bk1qd
    @steve-bk1qd4 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff ...top drawer

  • @MrH1207
    @MrH12072 ай бұрын

    I love your channel, thank you

  • @nwetyinwin3788
    @nwetyinwin3788 Жыл бұрын

    Excellente!

  • @LEGIONARIO1970
    @LEGIONARIO19704 жыл бұрын

    There's another form of COULD in Spanish which is: PUDIERA (subjunctive), let me use all of them in the same sentence: PUDE entender la razón de su enojo esa noche, sin embargo no PODÍA saber lo que quería hasta que me escribió esa carta aquel dia, hoy PODRÍA llamarle pero no encuentro las palabras adecuadas para hablar con ella, ojala PUDIERA ser más sensible para encontrarlas. You're a very good Spanish teacher, Greetings from Mexico

  • @alwayslearning7672

    @alwayslearning7672

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man,but 1 step and a time. We learn how to crawl before we walk. We'll get there I'm sure.

  • @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish

    @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Cada vídeo tiene un límite de contenido, no? Es evidente que este profesor conoce pudiera.😜 ¿En español es normal y correcto escribir oraciones tan largas? En inglés paramos antes de HOY.

  • @LEGIONARIO1970

    @LEGIONARIO1970

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish More than a sentence is a paragraphs.

  • @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish

    @CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LEGIONARIO1970 Exactly. That is why we divide information into sentences with full stops in English, which form a paragraph.

  • @LEGIONARIO1970

    @LEGIONARIO1970

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish Same in Spanish

  • @emlyngriffith5846
    @emlyngriffith58462 жыл бұрын

    An excellent lesson 👍🍷

  • @parakramakarunaratne1789
    @parakramakarunaratne17893 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @AVDanielViolin
    @AVDanielViolin2 жыл бұрын

    You never said the sentence when I was 8 years old, but spoke soooooo much English, and to hear you speak Spanish is like kind of luxury. I love your lesson, but want me to buy your course, please speak more Spanish. Thanks

  • @aodhmac7

    @aodhmac7

    2 жыл бұрын

    A las ocho años…

  • @michaelagee4517

    @michaelagee4517

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cuando tenia ocho años.

  • @aron22265
    @aron222653 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful

  • @farzifereidounian9701
    @farzifereidounian97013 жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot.

  • @leenobody3249
    @leenobody32493 жыл бұрын

    Superb .

  • @semperfiarcher
    @semperfiarcher4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the excellent video! Americans say "I could find it" all the time. Possibly because it's so heavily influenced by Spanish and German. "Where's that street again? I could find it yesterday."

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's interesting, in UK it would be "I managed to find it yesterday."

  • @semperfiarcher

    @semperfiarcher

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish Yes, true. We're definitely separated by a common language. :-)

  • @alwayslearning7672

    @alwayslearning7672

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would've said "I was able to find it yesterday"!

  • @semperfiarcher

    @semperfiarcher

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alwayslearning7672 Yes, that too. A person could hear either one and not bat an eye.

  • @hazimmss3991
    @hazimmss39914 жыл бұрын

    what about debo, debía and debería?

  • @johnclark3697
    @johnclark36973 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff. You ELLICIT the language & that sir is the secret of teaching a 2nd language 👍❤

  • @larrynarvaez7545

    @larrynarvaez7545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Elicit.

  • @thaiCase
    @thaiCase4 жыл бұрын

    Interesante. Expresar (ablility) usar (know)....

  • @KGDRAWROF
    @KGDRAWROF4 жыл бұрын

    Muchas gracias por esta lección! Me gusta la manera que uses para enseñar. Qué más enseñas en el curso completo? Me gustaría saber para ayudarme decidir comprarlo.

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    La verdad es que una buena parte del curso tiene un nivel más básico que esta lección. Así que me imagino que tendrás demasiado nivel para que te sea útil.

  • @larrynarvaez7545

    @larrynarvaez7545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me gusta la manera que usAs para enseñar. The “que” here does not entail the subjunctive of “usar”, only the present indicative. 😊✌️✌️

  • @shmema12
    @shmema123 жыл бұрын

    ThAnks

  • @shmema12
    @shmema123 жыл бұрын

    no pude encontrar otra canal con la misma calidad

  • @mckoylach1622
    @mckoylach16223 жыл бұрын

    Sabia habla Espanol un poco pero olvido casi todos. Gracias por un leciones

  • @fugak-han0072
    @fugak-han00723 жыл бұрын

    Aprender español es muy deficil particularmente en las conjugaciones de los verbos. Me da dolor de caveza.

  • @artjackson8360
    @artjackson83604 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for you to tell us how to say "by 8 years old". Would that be "de ocho años" or "por ocho años" or another way?

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    " A los ocho años..."

  • @artjackson8360

    @artjackson8360

    4 жыл бұрын

    Learn Spanish Thank you. That makes sense.

  • @morrocoybipolar7225
    @morrocoybipolar72253 жыл бұрын

    Que tierno es ver a la gente aprendiendo tu idioma ( if u need some help with the language can say me, I'm from Venezuela 🇻🇪)

  • @scotts5886

    @scotts5886

    2 жыл бұрын

    hola, vi tu comentario. y noto que dijiste que estarías dispuesto a ayudar con el aprendizaje del español. Si todavía está dispuesto a hacerlo, le agradecería mucho que me lo hiciera saber. mi nombre es scott, vivo en trinidad, entonces somos vecinos .... jajaja

  • @morrocoybipolar7225

    @morrocoybipolar7225

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scotts5886 ¡Hola! Sí, claro que estoy dispuesta, si quieres podemos hablar por Instagram, así podríamos intercambiar conocimientos del idioma, en mi caso, inglés y en el tuyo, español 💜 (Please, send me your Instagram user, to text u)

  • @scotts5886

    @scotts5886

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@morrocoybipolar7225 gracias, no tengo instagram, pero mi email es jsasanowar@yahoo.com

  • @scotts5886

    @scotts5886

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@morrocoybipolar7225 o whats app .

  • @morrocoybipolar7225

    @morrocoybipolar7225

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scotts5886 Holaa, perdón pero no me llegó la notificación, ya te escribo al correo xdxd

  • @AlinaMalinaBJB
    @AlinaMalinaBJB4 жыл бұрын

    Verlo!

  • @user-iz8ul2me1q
    @user-iz8ul2me1q3 жыл бұрын

    I love your lessons so much but I would be much happier if you said full sentences instead of "dot, dot, dot". I always have the feeling that what you arenot saying is even more important than what you are explaining. Of course, i can undetstand it is your policy and in this way you pursue some goals. However, i do hope, you will change this technique. Your channel is one of the best for me, thank you very much. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

  • @abds-im2hk
    @abds-im2hk4 жыл бұрын

    Hello there, About a year ago, you uploaded a French lesson which I'm sure that pretty loved it. But after that there has been absolute silence regarding those French lessons. And that is also NOT available on your website. So, I would love to know about what's going on with other French lessons. Or if they're available to buy, kindly tell us so that we are able to buy those French lessons just like Spanish lessons. Muchas gracias.

  • @KGDRAWROF

    @KGDRAWROF

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would very much like to know as well. That single lesson was great.

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi. Sorry, French hasn't been developed yet.

  • @abds-im2hk

    @abds-im2hk

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LearnSpanishLearnSpanish so any idea when it will be developed?? Thanks,

  • @thaiCase
    @thaiCase4 жыл бұрын

    Why about (sabría)??

  • @johnbaker6572
    @johnbaker65723 жыл бұрын

    Maestro excelente.

  • @easyvanlife5036
    @easyvanlife50363 жыл бұрын

    Can we also say "como nino" instead of "de nino"?

  • @mckoylach1622
    @mckoylach16224 жыл бұрын

    I have tried to learn Spanish through KZread here. And I found Spanish is very easy to read. However,it’s so difficult to conjugate the words.

  • @LEGIONARIO1970

    @LEGIONARIO1970

    4 жыл бұрын

    The most difficult part of Spanish is grammar

  • @wolfmann1320
    @wolfmann13204 ай бұрын

    Particular like how you manage to eliminate the noise. 😅

  • @paws276
    @paws2764 жыл бұрын

    No sabia hablar español :)

  • @learnspanisheasily9111
    @learnspanisheasily91114 жыл бұрын

    nyc lesson #learnspanishbymannatsharma

  • @michaelw970
    @michaelw9704 жыл бұрын

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @kellydione29
    @kellydione293 жыл бұрын

    I am not catching your explanation as to why you use podía instead of pude.

  • @LEGIONARIO1970

    @LEGIONARIO1970

    3 жыл бұрын

    PODIA is used when you were able to to something for a period of time and PUDE is used for a single event or a point in time, examples: "Yo podía correr muy rápido de niño", this means: I could run very fast when I was a kid. "Yo pude ver el arcoíris ese día", this means: I could see the rainbow that day.

  • @albertopatrocinio6102
    @albertopatrocinio61023 жыл бұрын

    Sabia from the verb saber. I think could no use Sabia. Saber I know.

  • @noahleyva4668
    @noahleyva46682 жыл бұрын

    Lo mas correcto es decir: CUANDO YO ERA NIŃO, PODIA CORRER MAS VELOZ QUE HOY.

  • @bluegtturbo
    @bluegtturbo4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for free lesson. However I have to disagree at 5:18 I think it's quite common to hear 'Yesterday I could find it' etc. Eg living in the UK and Ireland I quite often phrases such as 'I could do it yesterday but I can't do it today'

  • @Videos.company
    @Videos.company4 ай бұрын

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  • @scotscub76
    @scotscub763 жыл бұрын

    So how would a spanish person literally say "I touched the piano" ?

  • @kcorpora1

    @kcorpora1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depends. You touched it once: toqué el piano. You touched it all the time: tocaba el piano. You used to touch it: solia tocar el piano.

  • @samirbelhay9465
    @samirbelhay9465 Жыл бұрын

    Pude vs peudo?

  • @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    @LearnSpanishLearnSpanish

    Жыл бұрын

    Pude I was able to...... Puedo I can

  • @leenobody3249
    @leenobody32494 жыл бұрын

    Why does español have to be so ruddy complex ? English is so simple apart from pronunciation.

  • @semperfiarcher

    @semperfiarcher

    4 жыл бұрын

    We'll begin with box; the plural is boxes; But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes, One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose is never called meese. You can find a lone mouse or a house full of mice; But the plural of house is houses not hice. The plural of man is always men. But the plural of pan is never pen. If I speak of a foot, and you show me two feet, And I give you a book, would a pair be a beek? If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, Why shouldn't two booths be called beeth? If the singular's this and the plural is these, Should the plural of kiss be ever called keese? We speak of a brother and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say methren. When the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him; Just imagine the feminine....she, shis, and shim! --James Donavan

  • @scotscub76

    @scotscub76

    4 жыл бұрын

    English is worse: take the verb look. look after someone, look down on someone, look into the future, look back at the passing car, look up to someone, I'm looking forward to the party. Look at what you've done etc

  • @BrianGeorgeMoore

    @BrianGeorgeMoore

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also, in Spanish the letter 'A' is always prounced the same and that goes for all the vowels and most consonants. Try explaining to a Foreign student of English how we pronounce the letter 'A' in Hate, Hat, Hall. Or why 'rough' and 'though' and then 'thought' are all pronounced so differently. Bow can be pronounced two different ways depending on whether you are wearing it in your hair or performing one to the Queen... then, of course, there is 'bough' as in of a tree. Bate, bait, wait and weight etc.etc.etc.

  • @seesterran3822

    @seesterran3822

    4 жыл бұрын

    In my experience, there are parts of each language that are challenging to learn. I found it very easy to learn to read Spanish, because it follows simple rules with few exceptions. But conjugating verbs is much more difficult to master than English. But learning to read or pronounce English is a nightmare. It’s easy for native speakers because we probably spent years studying it in grade school. The language is full of crazy words like: The Two Eight They’re There Their.

  • @larrynarvaez7545

    @larrynarvaez7545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Italian is a little more difficult to learn than Spanish. Even though a lot of words are similar due to their common Latin origin, Italian words are harder to spell and to pronounce. Also, Italian articles and pronouns are much more complicated, especially when they are used together (articulated pronouns). 😊✌️✌️

  • @sa4540
    @sa45404 жыл бұрын

    Isn’t escuchar to listen?

  • @Clemenxa

    @Clemenxa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Escuchar can translate to "to hear" and "to listen to"

  • @JORDAN-ir7se
    @JORDAN-ir7se4 жыл бұрын

    someone to converse in Spanish?

  • @jacidawnjohnson4239

    @jacidawnjohnson4239

    4 жыл бұрын

    bgel I need a partner!

  • @JORDAN-ir7se

    @JORDAN-ir7se

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jacidawnjohnson4239 great! What social network do I find you on?